[0:00] Miss Barry with a second. All in favor?
Okay. Uh, we're going into a very
[0:06] special moment now and council, we need
Mr. Dav has something to say.
[0:12] » Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to
dedicate the Canapapolis Middle School
[0:18] campus athletic field as Rogers Field.
>> Thank you. All in favor?
[0:24] » A second.
>> Get a second. Mr. Mr. Payne. All in
[0:26] favor.
Thank you very much. All right. We're
[0:29] going to come down if the family wants
to come up.
[0:33] Mr. Melton's going to read something
very special.
[0:45] » All right,
[0:49] » Scott, do you want to hold this? This is
a So, before we get started here, as the
[0:53] family's coming down, uh I was just
sharing with the family earlier that I
[0:58] had the opportunity to work with Scott
uh some years ago. He helped us with
[1:03] rideofways and everything else. It was
so amazing to be able to work with
[1:07] someone obviously that can come out,
have a cup of coffee with someone that's
[1:12] out, negotiate a property, and without
any conflict. So, you're talking about a
[1:16] special moment. Uh th this is special
for me for sure, but just thinking about
[1:22] this family and the years and time that
I've had an opportunity to be able to
[1:25] work uh with Rick and others uh and and
this facility that the school sits on, a
[1:31] lot of history there. Uh Meredith, I
know, you know, with my wife and others
[1:35] that were there teaching at the school
system, my mom before, but this is
[1:38] special to be able to do this for you
guys. So, let me read a little
[1:42] dedication here for this, but uh this is
a resolution dedicating the Canapapolis
[1:46] Middle School athletic field adjacent to
Oakwood Avenue in honor of the Rogers
[1:50] family. Whereas the land in which
Canapapolis Middle School campus, sixth
[1:54] grade building, Athletic Field sits,
located adjacent to Oakwood Avenue, has
[1:59] been a part of the Rogers family since
the mid 1900s and has served as the city
[2:05] as a city park. And whereas the Rogers
family has farmed and cared for this
[2:09] land for generations until the early
2000 when the property that became the
[2:14] site of the Canapapolis Middle School
campus was sold to Canapapolis City
[2:18] Schools. And whereas the Rogers family
has a longstanding and distinguished
[2:23] history of service to Canapapolis City
Schools and the students and families of
[2:28] the Canapapolis community. And whereas
Delinda Rogers served as a mathematics
[2:33] teacher in Canapapolis City Schools for
32 years and also served for many years
[2:39] as a cheerleading advisor, positively
impacting generations of students both
[2:44] in the classroom instruction and
extracurricular activities. Whereas
[2:48] Scott Rogers has been employed with
Canapapolis City Schools since 1991,
[2:54] having taught science and currently
serving as a director of operations
[2:58] while also dedicating many years to
Canapapolis student athletes as a coach
[3:03] of varsity football, softball, as well
as middle school football and baseball.
[3:09] Whereas other members Whereas other
members of the Rogers family have
[3:14] demonstrated a similar commitment in
education and public service, including
[3:18] Jan Rogers Johnson, who retired from
Cabaris County Schools, her daughter
[3:22] Meredith Johnson Spry, who retired from
Canapapolis City Schools, and additional
[3:27] members of the Rogers family,
who have served and currently served the
[3:32] Canapa City School, including Hope
Johnson Bean, Travis Rogers, Elizabeth
[3:38] Rogers, Grouchy Rogers, Carolyn Rogers,
McKenzie Rogers, Caleb Spry, and Rachel
[3:44] Spry. And whereas the naming
and excuse me, whereas naming the
[3:49] athletic field in honor of the Rogers
family would acknowledge the family's
[3:53] historic connection to the land and
decades of service to the school system,
[3:58] providing a lasting tribute to the
family whose contributed or
[4:02] contributions have strengthened the
community. Now therefore be it resolved
[4:06] the city council of Canapapolis, North
Carolina hereby dedicates and renames
[4:11] the athletic field at Canapapolis Middle
School campus as Rogers Field in
[4:16] recognition of the Rogers family
long-standing connection to the property
[4:20] and extraordinary history of service to
Canapapolis City Schools and the greater
[4:25] community. Thank you all.
[applause]
[4:37] » [applause]
[4:47] » Yes, I think
[4:55] Congratulations.
[5:15] I know. I know. I'll see you tomorrow.
How about that?
[5:18] » Those babies are beautiful. Oh my gosh.
Congratulations. Thank you,
[5:23] » buddy. How about smiling?
>> Those babies are precious.
[5:26] Congratulations.
>> Hey, buddy.
[5:30] » Hi.
[5:35] » Hi. Congratulations. Thank you.
[5:40] Hi.
>> Good seeing you here.
[5:43] » Congratulations.
>> Good seeing you.
[5:50] » You think you'd ever say there
>> congratulations. Yes, sir.
[5:53] » Appreciate everything.
>> Congratulations. Thank you so much.
[5:58] » Yes, ma'am.
>> Congratulations. Thank you.
[6:01] » Yes. Very much.
>> Very well deserved. Good seeing you.
[6:04] » Thank you for all your support.
Hi. Thank you for all your support. Yes.
[6:10] Thank you.
[6:14] » Hey J.
>> Good seeing you, man. Good seeing you. I
[6:18] always think about Mr. Edwards when I
see you. Good seeing you, sir.
[6:24] Hey, buddy. Hey, Tom. How are you, sir?
Good seeing you. Good seeing you.
[6:30] » Yeah.
Hello, young lady. Yes, ma'am. Yes,
[6:34] ma'am. Turn. Yeah.
[6:38] Thank you. Congratulations.
>> Good job, woman.
[6:46] » Congratulations, baby.
>> Hey, man. How are you doing? Good.
[6:49] » Hey, brother. How are you, sir? Good
seeing you.
[6:55] » Well, I don't guess we are.
>> We don't need a recess. Let's just let
[6:59] him go.
[7:11] the whole place.
[7:19] » That was good. [snorts]
>> Good job.
[7:24] » Wow.
[7:33] any attention on you.
[7:46] Yeah.
[snorts]
[7:50] » All right. At this time, we will go
ahead and move on to our our speakers
[7:54] from the floor.
>> Yes, sir. Mayor, thank you, sir.
[8:00] So, the first speaker I have, if you
will come to the podium, um you will
[8:04] have four minutes to speak. You'll see
lights at the podium, timer at the
[8:08] front. Four minutes. At the one minute
mark, the light will turn yellow. At the
[8:12] end of your four minutes, you'll hear a
buzzer. Um and the first card I have is
[8:17] Terry Stowers.
>> Oh, yeah.
[8:27] Good evening, mayor and members of the
city council. My name is Terry Stowers
[8:31] and I've been a resident of of
Canapapolis for more than 25 years. I'm
[8:36] also a member of the Friends of
Canapapolis Parks, which is operates
[8:40] under the umbrella of Partners for
Parks, a 501c3 nonprofit organization.
[8:45] I'm here tonight because I believe it's
important to remember how we arrived at
[8:49] this point and the commitment this city
has already made to the future of parks
[8:53] and recreation in Canapapolis. In 2023,
the city engaged a consultant to develop
[8:59] a comprehensive park and recreation
master plan. Public participation was
[9:04] important part of the process.
Through community survey, stakeholder
[9:09] interviews, and a community workshops,
Canapapolis residents had the
[9:12] opportunity to tell the city what they
wanted and needed from their park
[9:16] system. That public input identified
several priorities, including the
[9:20] preservation of open space and natural
areas, greenways for walking and biking,
[9:26] drive-in movie opportunities, and a
greater public access to city lakes. The
[9:31] master plan also identified the need for
three new neighborhood parks and three
[9:35] new community parks to adequately serve
our current population. On March 25th,
[9:42] 2024, the mayor and the city council
formally adopted the city of Canapapolis
[9:47] 2024 to 2034 park and recreation master
plan as a guiding public document for
[9:53] the implementation and development of a
robust and coordinated system of parks,
[9:58] recreation facilities, programs, and
services for the residents of
[10:02] Canapapolis. That action was
significant. By adopting the plan, the
[10:07] city acknowledged that the recreation
needs expressed by our citizens and esta
[10:12] and established a vision for addressing
those needs over the next decade. Then
[10:17] on June 22nd of this year, this city
council unanimously voted to place a
[10:22] general obligation bond on the November
3rd ballot to help fund projects
[10:27] identified in the parks and recreation
master plan. I'm here tonight to
[10:32] respectfully remind the council of those
actions and more importantly of the
[10:36] public process that led to them. The
citizens participated. They completed
[10:42] surveys. They attended meetings. They
shared their priorities. The city
[10:46] listened, developed a plan based on the
input and council formally adopted the
[10:52] plan. Now voters will have the
opportunity to decide whether to provide
[10:57] the funding necessary to move forward
with those projects. As we approach
[11:02] November 3rd, I respectfully ask each of
you to support city employees in their
[11:07] efforts to inform and educate the public
about the bond referendum to the fullest
[11:13] extent present permitted by North
Carolina law and the applicable guidance
[11:18] from the state treasurer. Our citizens
deserve clear, accurate, and accessible
[11:25] information about what being what is
being proposed,
[11:29] what projects the bonds would fund, the
financial implications of the bond, and
[11:34] what these investments could mean for
the future of Canapapolis. The
[11:38] referendum is ultimately a decision for
the voters, but an informed decision
[11:43] requires an informed community. You have
already taken important steps by
[11:48] listening to the public, adopting the
master plan, and placing the bond before
[11:53] the voters. I ask you now to continue
that commitment by ensuring our
[11:57] residents have the information they need
to make an educated decision on November
[12:02] 3rd. Thank you for your service to our
community and for your continued
[12:07] commitment to the future of Canapapolis.
>> Thank you.
[12:14] Next card I have is for Zach Irwin.
[12:20] » Good evening, Zach Irwin of Canapapolis,
North Carolina.
[12:26] Today you will be considering the public
hearing and public comments policy and
[12:31] amendments to it.
I want to bring your attention to the
[12:36] amendment that you are proposing
so that the public can be informed of it
[12:41] as well. And gosh, it would be very
helpful to be able to use a PowerPoint
[12:45] to do this. We used to be able to do
that as part of the speakers from the
[12:49] floor. Now we can't. I would
respectfully ask you to reconsider that
[12:54] at some point, but nonetheless, here we
go. Uh if you'll look at
[13:00] [clears throat] section D of the public
hearing and public comments policy part
[13:05] three
where it reads, unless otherwise
[13:08] provided by this policy, a speaker card
must be completed and provided to the
[13:13] city clerk prior to the start of a
public hearing or public comment period.
[13:17] And then bullet points one and two say
speakers will not be allowed to sign up
[13:21] to speak after the start of the public
comment period. Number two, prior to the
[13:26] end of a public hearing, the presiding
officer will ask whether there are any
[13:30] individuals wishing to address city
council on the topic of the public
[13:34] hearing. My plea and advice to you is
that you will reconsider this change to
[13:41] the policy because as I mentioned last
time I spoke here, there are several
[13:45] people who come in with the intent to
speak
[13:49] who don't know the policy, who are not
informed of the policy ahead of time.
[13:54] And so they don't know that you have to
submit a card ahead of time. Unless you
[14:00] plan to do a very good job of explaining
in detail every single meeting that they
[14:04] need to turn in their card before the
public uh speaking period starts, then I
[14:10] suggest you remove this suggested
amendment to the policy because people
[14:15] come and they hear people speak and then
they feel so emboldened to speak
[14:20] themselves and so you should allow them
to continue to sign up throughout the
[14:25] speakers from the floor process. Also,
point two, prior to the end of a public
[14:31] hearing, the presiding officer will ask
whether there are any individuals
[14:34] wishing to address. Please make sure
that you clarify to where that's only a
[14:39] public hearing or whether it also
applies to speakers from the floor.
[14:48] I ask that you will take these into
consideration and I thank you. I thank
[14:52] you for putting it on the business
agenda today to be spoken in public. uh
[14:58] that is very meaningful, it's
transparent. Um and then for added
[15:02] transparency, again, I would suggest
allowing for PowerPoint presentation to
[15:06] be part of speakers from the floor so
that the people at home, the people with
[15:11] possible hearing impairments
are able to see what is being discussed
[15:17] in city council meetings. Thank you for
your time and for your consideration.
[15:22] » Thank you, John.
[15:26] Next card is Cindy Griggs.
[15:38] Good evening, council members. Um, and
to all those that are here this evening.
[15:43] I'm going to speak very briefly. I don't
need to add any more to I think what
[15:47] Terry said um about the upcoming parks
bond, but I just would like to advocate
[15:52] just so much for our continued expansion
of our parks and recreation program.
[15:58] Tonight was a very special thing that
just happened um with the family that
[16:03] was here with the dedication of the park
and that kind of thing we have seen uh
[16:09] just means so much to our families and
the people that have been here for a
[16:12] long time. But we need to remember that
our city is growing. Whether we like it
[16:16] or don't like it, our city is growing.
And the fact that we have not added on
[16:23] to a lot of our parks for quite some
time is something that we really need to
[16:27] think about long and hard because
everybody is loving Canapapolis just
[16:31] like we have for many, many, many years.
We tout ourselves as a city of health
[16:36] and wellness. Right now, coming up later
on the agenda is information about our
[16:42] youth sports program. There are members
on this city council that have long been
[16:46] advocates. I've known you, Doug, for as
long as I've lived here for 31 plus
[16:50] years. We have served together in many
capacities on different uh parks and
[16:54] sports programs over the years. And for
our community, for our children and our
[17:00] community to continue in the health and
wellness programs that we we we tout
[17:05] everywhere. We have banners talking
about this. We need to continue to
[17:09] develop our parks programs, our health
and wellness programs, our greenways. It
[17:15] has so much more to do with just not
just physical health, but mental health.
[17:21] And that's a huge issue these days. So,
please take a long hard look. We're not
[17:25] going to stop growing. We're not.
Everybody is liking it here and they're
[17:30] moving here. And we have a lot of things
to address that way. But one of the
[17:35] things is is the reason why people move
here. And they move here because they
[17:38] enjoy all of the wonderful things we
have to do here in Canapapolis that have
[17:43] to do with our park system, our greenway
systems, and our sports. Our youth
[17:48] sports program has just gone out the
roof. We desperately need more of those
[17:54] fields and more of those things. So,
please keep that in mind and we ask the
[17:58] people that are here tonight that keep
that in mind when they get ready to take
[18:01] a look at the bond that's coming up very
soon. Thank you very much. Thank you
[18:05] very much for giving us the time to
speak tonight about these various
[18:08] issues. And I just can't congratulate
the Rogers family enough. I've known
[18:14] most of them since I've been here.
They've been part of our family, too.
[18:18] And thank you, council, for presenting
them with those honors.
[18:29] » Allison Paladino
[18:35] Good evening, mayor, members of city
council, and city staff. My name is
[18:39] Allison Paladino. I'm president and CEO
of the Cabaris Regional Chamber of
[18:43] Commerce. I'm here tonight with an
exciting invitation for you as city
[18:48] leadership and the local Canapapolis
Business Community. On Tuesday,
[18:53] September 2nd at 6 PM, we're hosting a
Canapapolis Connections kickoff party at
[18:58] the Canapapolis Cannonballers game. This
event is completely free for local
[19:03] Canapapolis businesses to attend and we
hope that city leadership will attend
[19:07] with us as well. A massive thank you to
the Canapapolis Cannonballers for
[19:11] hosting us for this special evening at
the ballpark.
[19:15] This party is celebrating the official
launch of Canapapolis Connections this
[19:19] fall, a brand new monthly morning
networking group created specifically
[19:23] for our local business community to
connect, collaborate, and grow.
[19:28] All Canapapolis businesses are invited
to invited to start attending the
[19:33] Morning Connections upon our launch this
fall. And if a business isn't a chamber
[19:37] member yet, they're invited to attend as
our guests through the end of 2026 to
[19:42] experience the group firsthand.
This initiative builds on an incredible
[19:47] foundation. Right now, approximately 100
Canapapolis businesses are active
[19:52] chamber members, and 40% of those have
been with us for 10 years or more.
[19:58] These businesses are driving local
growth, creating jobs, and shaping the
[20:02] future of Canapapolis. To claim a spot
for the September 2nd kickoff party, to
[20:07] get ticket details or learn more about
the Morning Network working group or
[20:11] chamber membership, businesses are
invited to contact us at the Cabaris
[20:15] Regional Chamber of Commerce at
7047824000.
[20:20] Thank you, city leadership, for your
continuous support of our business
[20:24] community and we look forward to seeing
everyone for the kickoff party on
[20:27] September 2nd.
>> Thank you.
[20:29] » Thank you.
[20:34] » Okay, mayor. Last card is Violet Elaine
Mitchell.
[20:45] Okay, I'm valid Elaine Mitchell. address
415 London Street located right off of
[20:50] South Texas Road. And I know that y'all
have heard me speak about the the
[20:56] sidewalk project ever since 2012, but
I'm not going to even get on that
[21:00] tonight. I want to say um when I was up
here at the last meeting, I talked about
[21:06] what a bad shape uh Lynon Street is in,
the culdeac that I live in. And I got a
[21:13] little song for y'all. For once in my
life, I witnessed the issue being
[21:20] expedited.
I couldn't believe it was happening,
[21:27] but it did.
Okay. Michael Dodge came out that
[21:32] Saturday. I said, "You working on a
Saturday?" He said, "Yeah." So, he came
[21:37] out and he assessed everything that was
going on and he assured me that they was
[21:41] going to get on it. And sure enough, I
got a call today and they're gonna start
[21:45] on scraping the shoulders and everything
tomorrow.
[21:50] Um, the other thing I'd like to say,
congratulations to the Rogers family. I
[21:54] know them all. I used to work with them
and everything. They're a great family.
[21:59] And the last thing that I have is um I
had the opportunity to meet with the
[22:04] governor of North Carolina, Governor
Josh Stein. I handed him a handwritten
[22:10] letter of issues and concerns that I had
and of um the citizens of North
[22:15] Carolina. He was pleasantly surprised
and he knows who Violet Mitchell is now.
[22:22] So anyway, he was he was really
impressed with the you know with the
[22:26] issues. I wrote everything down in a
letter form and um I gave him a keychain
[22:31] of in the shape of North Carolina and uh
he he really appreciate it. And that's
[22:37] all folks. That's all. [laughter]
>> Thank you, M. Mr.
[22:43] » That's it. Okay. Thank you.
All right. Council, we have a consent
[22:47] agenda. We have need a motion to adopt
that.
[22:49] » So moved,
>> Mr. Payne. Mr. Jackson with a second.
[22:53] All in favor? Okay. We're moving on to
the uh business agenda now. I think Miss
[22:59] uh Gordon,
always good to see you.
[23:03] » Good to see you as well. Thank you so
much.
[23:07] So this evening I'm presenting the 2627
CDBG nonprofit grant recommendations.
[23:15] So HUD allows entitlement cities to
budget up to 15% of our annual
[23:20] allocations for public services that
benefit low moderate income residents.
[23:25] Our total CDBG allocation for 2627
is $400,67
[23:32] and 58,000 has been allocated for public
services. I would like to thank our
[23:37] community improvement commission for
their time in reviewing the applications
[23:41] and a few of them are here this evening.
[23:46] So the eligible activities um that are
or can be awarded for the CDBG grant
[23:52] would be for employment services, crime
prevention and public safety, child
[23:58] care, health services, substance abuse
services, fair housing counseling,
[24:05] education programs, energy conservation,
services for senior citizens, services
[24:11] for the homeless persons, welfare
services,
[24:15] down payment assistance and recreational
services.
[24:20] So, applications were solicited and we
received 24 completed applications
[24:27] totaling $192,500
in funding requests. Those applications
[24:33] included applications from the academic
learning center, ya house, big brothers
[24:38] big sisters, beth baptist church,
cabaris health alliance, cabaris ran
[24:44] community health which is now known as
access point central North Carolina
[24:49] Council C scouting America Christ
incorporated submitted two applications
[24:56] classroom central conflict resolution
cooperative Christian ministry
[25:01] Ministries Apprent Espanol
Faith Fellowship Church Families First
[25:08] Lock and Key Mid Midnight Mcnite Child
Development Center Peak NextGen
[25:16] Rowan Cabaris YMCA
Rowan Helping Ministries The Studio The
[25:22] Pseudo Institute
Valor Haven Foundation and Vision for
[25:27] Life of Canapapolis.
[25:31] The Community Improvement Commission is
recommending funding 18 organizations.
[25:37] As we reviewed the applications, the
focus for this year was on projects
[25:42] addressing housing, behavior, health,
and education.
[25:46] Organizations can request up to $5,000
for sustaining projects. While most
[25:52] organizations requested their maximum
amount, the CIC chose to fund more
[25:57] organizations with smaller grants
amounts than to provide the organization
[26:02] with all that they requested because we
have such limited funding. These
[26:08] projects should be focused on services,
not building an infrastructure.
[26:12] When we look at the applications, we
consider the organization's track
[26:16] record. We look at their budgets. We
look at how funds are being leveraged.
[26:21] We also invited four organizations to
come and provide additional
[26:24] presentations and to answer questions.
Those organizations were the Suda
[26:29] Institute, Apprent Espanol, Lock and Key
and Conflict Resolution.
[26:35] I also want to um emphasize that these
grants are reimbursible grants and each
[26:40] organization must submit receipts and
documentation showing how the monies
[26:45] have been expended before they are
reimbursed.
[26:49] So, the funding recommendations include
the academic learning center um $3,000.
[26:55] Their funds will be used to support
before and after school tutoring
[26:58] programs for Canapapolis City Schools.
Aya House, $3,000
[27:03] funds will be used to support
transitional housing program. Big
[27:08] Brothers Big Sisters, $3,000 funds will
be used to support their mentoring
[27:12] program with the focus on mental health
strategies.
[27:16] Bethto Baptist Church Ministries 2500
and that's funds to support
[27:23] um crisis assistance programs with um
rent, utilities and housing for the
[27:29] underserved.
Cabaris Health Alliance $4,000
[27:34] comprehensive dental services to title
one Canapapolis City Schools. Classroom
[27:39] Central 3000. the mobile free store
program to provide school supplies for
[27:45] Canapapolis City School teachers.
Conflict resolution 4,000 funds to
[27:50] support their teen court intruy program.
CCM 4,000 funds to support individuals
[27:58] in crisis crisis. They help to pay
utilities and to help prevent evictions.
[28:04] Apprent Espanol 2500
funds to support families um empowerment
[28:10] program for the Latino families.
Faith Fellowship 2,000 funds to support
[28:16] programs for the unhoused such as
transportation,
[28:20] food, and bus passes.
Family First, 4,000 funds to support the
[28:26] homebased child care programs.
Lock and key 2500
[28:32] funds to support families impacted by
incarceration.
[28:36] Peak NextGen 3000 funds to support out
of school tutoring program.
[28:43] Rowan Cabaris YMCA 2500 funds to support
their positive youth development
[28:49] afterchool and summer camp program.
Rowan Healthy Ministries, 4,000 funds
[28:55] for crisis assistance for utilities,
rent, and their clothing pantry. The
[28:59] Studio 3,000 funds to support project
uplift emergency assistance for the
[29:05] unhoused.
The Suda Institute, 4,000
[29:10] funds for physician-led care
coordination for the Sun Project,
[29:14] serving pregnant and postpartum
individuals with substance use
[29:18] disorders.
Vision for life 4,000 funds to be used
[29:23] for mentoring tutoring program for the
youth along with the parenting
[29:27] component.
So tonight um the motion is or we're
[29:32] asking is motion to approve these
recommendations. Number two, you can
[29:36] revise the public service allocations
amount as you see fit. Or three, do not
[29:41] approve the recommendations. The city is
not required to fund any nonprofit with
[29:46] community development block grant funds.
All right. [clears throat] Does anyone
[29:50] have any questions or concerns on this?
Miss Hatchel.
[29:57] » No. Okay. Uh Sherry, I just wanted to
publicly thank you. I know I sent you
[30:01] quite a few emails asking about the
different things and I do want to thank
[30:04] the CIC board um for the work that you
put into it. I think the hardest part
[30:08] about this list is we have so many great
nonprofits in our area that really
[30:12] support our city. So, I [clears throat]
know it was not easy for you guys on
[30:15] this decision and I thank you for the
questions that I had and explaining what
[30:19] their decisions were. So, thank you to
that team that you have that worked on
[30:23] this. Thank you very much.
>> Thank you. I appreciate.
[30:26] » Anyone else?
>> Okay, we we need a motion here, Miss
[30:30] Dixon. Is there a second?
>> Second,
[30:33] » Mr. Dave. All in favor, if you will. Are
we good? Thank you.
[30:37] » Thank you,
[30:40] » old friend, Mr. Smith.
Thank you, mayor, members of council. We
[30:45] have uh two annexations for you tonight.
Voluntary annexations we need to hold
[30:49] the public hearing for. And believe it
or not, both of them are located very
[30:53] nearby each other, even though they're
not the same applicants. So, the first
[30:56] one we have on your agenda tonight is a
voluntary annexation at 115 Kid Street.
[31:01] This is made on behalf of the petitioner
Bell Perisim Christian Center 2. Uh it
[31:06] does consist of one parcel, just over an
acre. It is a contiguous annexation. Uh
[31:11] it's located in the city's uh present
ETJ which will be dissolved soon and our
[31:16] future growth area as well. Uh and the
proposed use there is a daycare uh
[31:21] center. So um this kind of gives you an
idea of uh the proximity on Moose Road
[31:26] near where Kids Street is west of China
Grove Road there and their survey map.
[31:31] So with that, we need to hold a hearing.
I'll be glad to answer any questions you
[31:34] have u before or after the hearing.
Mayor,
[31:38] » are there any questions for this item
here?
[31:41] Okay, I'm going to open the public
hearing. If you want to speak on this
[31:46] topic and this topic only, please come
now.
[31:52] [clears throat]
[31:55] Okay, we're going to close it.
Council, we need a motion here filling
[32:01] this ordinance to extend the corporate
limits.
[32:03] » I'll make that motion. Mr. Jackson,
>> second,
[32:06] » Mr. Dall. All in favor?
>> All right. Thank you.
[32:10] » [clears throat]
[32:13] » Second one we have tonight, mayor, is
voluntary annexation for U also on um
[32:18] it's Kid Street. I'm sorry, it's typo
there. Andrew Matthews made this
[32:22] request. It is one parcel. It's just
below a quarter of an acre contiguous
[32:26] annexation located in the ETJ in the
future growth area and it is proposed to
[32:31] be residential as well. Uh same
location, Kid Street, just on the
[32:35] opposite side of the street as the
previous one. This one's on the west
[32:37] side whereas the previous was on the
east side there. There's your survey and
[32:41] of course we need to hold a hearing on
that as well. So
[32:47] any questions on this item?
All right. We need a motion to approve
[32:52] this.
>> I'm sorry. Oh, wait a minute. Oh, no
[32:58] way. There's a question right here.
Question and comments. Any any questions
[33:01] before I go to the public hearing? Okay.
I'm going to open the public hearing.
[33:07] If you want to speak on this topic and
this topic only, please come up.
[33:16] Okay, we're going to close this one.
Okay, another situation. Council, we
[33:22] need a motion to do this. And Miss
Dixon's got that. Is there a second?
[33:27] Miss Barry. Okay, all in favor?
Good. All right, we've done that. Thank
[33:32] you.
We'll go on to this uh policy amendment.
[33:37] And uh before I open this up for
comments, I will say a few things about
[33:41] this. And I think some of this goes back
to how long you've been coming to these
[33:45] meetings, but there was a time and I
know Joe Hatley's out there and he'll
[33:50] remember this and Phil Goodman when this
council met once a month at at 4:30.
[33:54] And so
during that time we didn't have public
[33:58] comment
uh if my memor is correct. and several
[34:03] of us uh passed that the meetings be
moved both to 6:00 so we could have more
[34:08] attendance from the public because it
was more convenient.
[34:12] In conjunction with that um I think
somewhere in all of that activity I
[34:18] asked that the speakers be granted four
minutes instead of three
[34:23] and the council went along with that. So
we extended the opportunity to speak by
[34:27] what's that 30%
something of that nature. So, I don't
[34:30] know of any and I've talked to Mr. uh
Kelly about this. I don't know of any
[34:34] other municipality that's offering that
much time. We do we offer four minutes
[34:38] and then beyond that uh I think Mr. Dave
and Miss Hatchel pushed the fact that we
[34:45] do it at both meetings.
So, we've taken it we've actually
[34:49] expanded the opportunity greatly from
what it was let's say two years ago. Uh
[34:54] if you want to look at it from that
perspective. We're just trying to
[34:57] develop more structure to this and I
think it I think is a valid move in my
[35:02] opinion. So does anyone have any
comments on this? Mr. Dav.
[35:06] » Um thank you mayor. The one thing that
um Mr. Irwin brought up just wanted to
[35:12] clarify
um that we will have signage posted
[35:17] outside I assume at the table
instructing people that here's the new
[35:23] policy. here's what you have to do in
order to get signed up to speak.
[35:26] [clears throat] We need to make that
perfectly clear. It's a very good point
[35:30] and I assume that you will as you open
the meeting, you will address that same
[35:35] topic right out of the gate even as soon
as we um open the meeting. I mean
[35:41] essentially
>> as soon as we adopt the agenda, I intend
[35:43] to make that comment.
>> Okay. And um
[35:48] uh the other thing that I would say
about our current process, Miss Gags
[35:53] needs some help over there to ensure
that that button gets pushed on the
[35:59] countdown because you know it's not fair
that somebody's standing there watching
[36:03] the clock moving and that puts you under
a different amount of pressure than if
[36:07] the clock's not moving. And she can only
do so much at one time trying to take
[36:11] minutes and type and hit buttons. So, I
think we need to get somebody to sit up
[36:16] there to help her through that process,
another staff member um to make it fair
[36:21] to everybody that is that has taken the
time out to come speak. And um
[36:28] also it was brought up to me that the um
date on the policy that's in the agenda
[36:37] uh says this policy is amended the 10th
day of August. That was when we had it
[36:41] on the U consent agenda. So that needs
to be corrected when the motion is made
[36:47] to pass the this policy. If if that's
the will of the council,
[36:53] » it needs to go to the first meeting of
September. Now, I would think that being
[36:57] right, Mr. Kelly,
[37:01] » the policy will be effective tonight. It
would be Yes. Put it into play at the
[37:07] next meeting.
>> That's correct. Right. Okay. But I mean,
[37:09] we need to
>> Yeah, we'll make that change on the on
[37:12] the document before the mayor signs it.
>> Okay,
[37:14] » that's correct. It will be a it will
reflect it was adopted tonight, not the
[37:18] 10th.
>> Okay. Yes, that's all I have. Mayor,
[37:20] » anyone else? Mr. Hatchel?
>> Yeah, I just wanted to take a minute
[37:23] thank Mr. Kelly for his work on that um
and taking in our input with the
[37:29] different uh parts of it. also want to
point out that we will no longer ask for
[37:33] street addresses when people come,
especially since our meetings are
[37:37] streamlined or stream, you know, put out
there in the public. Um, the purpose of
[37:42] public comment is for transparency for
us, not necessarily for those who want
[37:46] to speak. So, I just want to make sure
that's put out there. And I, um, like
[37:50] you said, Mr. Mayor, other other local
government bodies make you sign up the
[37:55] day before.
>> You have to sign up different times.
[37:57] They don't get you don't get to speak
twice a month. So all those things are
[38:00] very true. So thank you.
>> Thank you. Anyone else?
[38:05] » All right. Having said that, then we
need a motion here.
[38:08] » Miss Hashel second.
>> Mr. Jackson. All in favor.
[38:13] Thank you. And we're back to now Carter
Misingo.
[38:17] Gary Mills.
>> Can somebody turn those bright lights
[38:22] down?
>> Yeah.
[38:23] » They wanted put under spotlight.
[laughter]
[38:26] » They wanted y'all to be seen. I don't
know how that thing got.
[38:30] » Thank you, Mayor and Council, uh, for
allowing us to do this presentation
[38:34] tonight. Um, Mayor Wilson had asked us a
couple months ago to, uh, do a
[38:38] presentation on our youth sports, the
the success of our youth sports program.
[38:42] Um, I said, well, let's wait until our
registration for fall flag football uh,
[38:47] occurs so that we can include those
numbers in. And so, we've prepared a an
[38:51] exciting conversation for you guys
repres uh, presentation tonight. So, I
[38:55] hope you'll be enthralled by the
information that we provide to you. But
[38:59] Carter Misingo, our athletic
coordinator, is here. Jordan Fuller, our
[39:02] assistant athletic coordinator, is also
here, but he's got some uh some really
[39:06] cool information to share on our very
successful program. Um, and when we get
[39:09] done, we'll be open it for questions.
[39:14] » Thanks, Gary. Thank you, mayor and
council members. I'm excited to give
[39:18] this presentation. I've been a part of
the athletics program here in
[39:22] Canapapolis since almost the very
beginning. I was not here for the very
[39:26] first basketball season, but since then
I've been a part of the team in a
[39:29] part-time and now full-time capacity. I
am biased, but I do think it's a great
[39:33] program that we have and it's been great
to see the growth. Um, to see those kids
[39:37] that started in our first program that
are now getting to that middle school
[39:41] and high school age and see them go on
to start working with their school teams
[39:45] and everything. It's been great. Um, so
to get started, we'll look at the
[39:49] numbers for our participation since we
started in 2020. So in fiscal year 2020,
[39:55] we only had basketball and that's that
332 members that we had in that first
[39:59] program. Since then, we have seen growth
across our total numbers every year. Um
[40:05] those numbers are starting to level out
a little bit now that we've, you know,
[40:09] we think we've got we've captured a lot
of those people that are planning to
[40:12] play sports with us. Um but we still
continue to see a lot of growth across
[40:17] different age groups and different um
our different sports.
[40:22] So looking at it by sport, as you can
see down at the bottom, in fiscal year
[40:26] 20, that was just basketball. And then
in fiscal year 21, we were able to add
[40:30] soccer and flag football. And in the
following year in 2022, we also added
[40:35] baseball and softball. So again, in
this, you can see how our sports are
[40:40] continuing to grow. Um, and some of our
soccer and basketball have started to
[40:45] kind of level out a little bit, but our
baseball, soccer or our baseball,
[40:48] softball, and flag football numbers are
continuing to grow. Um, which is great
[40:52] to see. And even within those soccer and
basketball programs, as we'll see later,
[40:58] um, we still have age groups that are
continuing to grow, especially in our
[41:02] girl programs. Those numbers are
continuing to grow by a good bit.
[41:08] So we'll move on to our facility usage
for the fiscal year 26. Uh flag football
[41:14] is our first program. Um for the fiscal
year we utilize Safert Park and Barry
[41:19] Lent Park. Um at Safert Park we had 532
hours of games and practices and at
[41:24] Barry Lent we had 140 hours of games and
practices. Barry Lance is utilized for
[41:29] our 56 uh age groups and then 78 through
1315 are being used at Safert Park. And
[41:37] on Saturdays, we have games running from
9:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. every Saturday. So
[41:41] that's a great program that we have
going on there.
[41:45] And then if we look at the numbers by
the age groups over the last three
[41:49] years, you can see how those numbers
continue to grow. the younger age
[41:53] groups, they can go up and down a little
bit, but we can see the retention as the
[41:57] ages progress. Uh we see our 56 continue
to go into our 78s and our 78s into our
[42:03] 910 and so on as they continue to grow
until they get to that, you know, school
[42:08] age where they're playing with their
school teams or if they're electing to
[42:11] do other sports. That's why you see a
little bit of a dip in those older age
[42:14] groups. But we still continue to see
that retention that a lot of these kids
[42:18] are staying with our programs year after
year.
[42:23] That takes us to our basketball league.
In fiscal year 26, we had over a
[42:28] thousand hours of games and practices
spread across the Canapapolis city
[42:32] schools that we um utilize for our
games, which is Canapapolis Middle
[42:37] School sixth grade gym, Forest Park,
Shady Brook, and GW Carver. And we do
[42:41] have a great relationship with the
Canapapolis City Schools. We would not
[42:44] be able to put on these programs without
their facilities. It's been fantastic.
[42:48] Um, I know Scott Rogers and his family
were here earlier. Me and Scott are
[42:51] constantly talking about what we can do
to better clean their gyms and
[42:56] everything to make sure that we are
being very respectful of their space so
[43:00] that they continue to allow us to be in
those schools. Um, and we help them out.
[43:05] We've been able to update some of their
facilities, enhancing some of their
[43:08] goals, and we'd love to continue to look
at ways that we can enhance their
[43:12] facilities. We also utilize Royal Oaks
um for our 34 instructional program
[43:19] um which is outside of Canapapolis City
School System.
[43:23] [snorts]
And for basketball, we have a couple
[43:26] more bars on this graph because once we
hit the 78 age group, it breaks up into
[43:31] boys leagues and girls leagues. Our 3,
four, and 56 are still co-ed. Um, but
[43:36] like I said earlier, I think the biggest
thing you can note is how the girls
[43:39] leagues have continued to grow, um, even
up through the older age groups. And I
[43:44] think that's just because our program is
continuing to excel and be better than
[43:48] it was the year before. And even across
all of our leagues, boys and girls, we
[43:53] see that retention as the older age
groups continue to grow. Um, and the
[43:57] kids have continued to enjoy those
programs.
[44:02] That brings us to soccer, which is held
in the spring. We utilize Safer Park and
[44:06] Barry Lance Park for this as well. We
had 788 hours of games and practices at
[44:10] Safefort Park and 164 at Barry Lintz.
Again, Barry Lance is used for our 56
[44:16] program and then our 34 instructional
league and then our 78 through 1315 use
[44:22] the safer park facilities. Our 34
program utilizes the outfields of our
[44:27] softball fields there until about noon
and that's when it transitions over to
[44:30] be a uh a baseball field after that. On
Saturdays in the spring, we're usually
[44:36] here from about 9:00 a.m. to about 9:00
p.m. utilizing that main safer rectangle
[44:41] because we've got games going on all
day.
[44:46] To break that down into the age groups,
um again, all of our soccer programs are
[44:51] co-ed. Uh, so we can continue to see
that retention as the older age groups
[44:56] progress. They're continuing to stay in
our program, which is great. We love
[44:59] seeing those older kids staying out and
staying active. Um,
[45:05] move on to our baseball. Softball is our
other sport that we have in the spring.
[45:09] We have three parks that we utilize for
baseball and softball at Safer Park,
[45:13] Barry Lintz Park, and Bakers Creek where
we had over 867 hours of games and
[45:18] practices. And again, those games will
run from about 9:00 am to about 8:00 pm
[45:22] on Saturday. So, we've got a very long
day of uh baseball as well.
[45:29] And it's the same thing as the retention
that we've continued to have. And
[45:33] baseball and softball have continued to
grow across pretty much every age group,
[45:36] especially our softball program. Um, as
we've continued to utilize u what we
[45:42] feel is good facilities. And we also
partner with Concord and Odell in those
[45:47] um in those older age groups and in our
softball leagues to help build out a
[45:51] good program so we can have plenty of
teams and plenty of good competition.
[45:57] Next, we have our resident and
non-resident numbers for all of our
[46:00] sports. Across our sports as a whole, we
have about 77% resident um uh
[46:07] participation.
Uh the biggest non-resident
[46:11] participation that we have is that flag
football program. We believe that is
[46:14] mostly because we are the only um
the only place in the area that provides
[46:20] flag football. Most other places do not
do a flag football program. They may do
[46:25] a fall soccer program. Um, and then the
rest of our programs are about 20%
[46:30] non-resident.
[46:38] This next slide is one of our most
important. That's our volunteer coaches.
[46:41] It's after our facilities. It's the most
important thing that we have in our
[46:44] program. In fiscal year 26, we had a
total of 253 teams that were covered by
[46:50] volunteer head coaches. And that does
not include the additional assistant
[46:54] coaches that many teams have.
This totaled over 4,700 hours of
[46:59] volunteer time between games and
practices. And that's just the time they
[47:03] spend on the field. That does not
include the time that they spend before
[47:06] games and before practices, coming up
with plans, planning out their roster,
[47:10] communicating with their team, and just
learning the kids and everything.
[47:15] Uh over those 40 4,700 hours, we have
calculated that's about $17,000 hours or
[47:21] $17,000
of savings that we've been able to have
[47:24] because we're using volunteer coaches as
opposed to part-time staff.
[47:31] Next, our sponsorship. In fiscal year
26, we had 20 youth sponsors. That
[47:35] equated to about $4,000 in monetary
donations, equipment, and services. That
[47:39] number is not quite where we would like
it to be. So going into fiscal year 27,
[47:43] we've revamped our sponsorship program.
We believe that gives us greater
[47:47] versatility to allow what we believe can
be limitless growth for our
[47:51] sponsorships. We want to help the
community and business owners to give
[47:55] them more chances to give back to their
community, more avenues. So we have that
[48:00] QR code for anyone that they can look up
our new sponsorship brochure and just
[48:04] kind of breaks down the different
avenues that they can take as a youth
[48:07] sponsor.
[48:11] And finally, we have our youth athletics
healthy contact hours. And the healthy
[48:15] contact hours is a part of that discover
a healthy life brand that the city has.
[48:20] And this is hours that are tracked
meaning time away from screens,
[48:25] time away from screens, time spent being
active, time spent with other kids their
[48:29] age, and time spil spent help building
those social skills that are important
[48:34] for kids as they grow up.
to break down a little bit of our
[48:38] healthy contact hours for flag football.
Each participant had 18 healthy contact
[48:43] hours. Those were 10 hours of game or 10
hours of practice, eight hours of games.
[48:48] So across our 455 participants that we
had in fiscal year 26, that was 8,190
[48:55] total hours. And that final column is
the total hours that each program has
[49:00] had of healthy contact hours since its
beginning. So for flag football that was
[49:04] over 33,000 hours. For basketball it was
over 61,000 hours. For soccer that's
[49:11] over 66,000 hours. Baseball almost
40,000. And softball almost 15,000. So
[49:16] as a total since the very beginning in
2020, we have provided the youth of the
[49:21] community an avenue to get out, be
active, and spend time with their peers
[49:25] over 215,000 hours.
[49:30] And that's all that I have in the
presentation. I'm happy to answer any
[49:33] questions that you have about our youth
athletics.
[49:37] » Okay. Are you tired?
>> Do what?
[49:40] » I said, are you tired yet?
>> Not quite.
[49:42] » Just like [snorts] you feel put a few
hours in yourself.
[49:44] » Yeah. Right.
>> Any questions for this young man?
[49:48] » Make a com. Go ahead.
>> Uh Carter, just thank you for what
[49:53] you've done. I mean, this is a big lift
for the community and as well as Mr.
[49:58] Mills for his support of this project.
But I also want to give a shout out to
[50:04] coach Wilson who he's famously known as.
You know, I remember sitting here on
[50:09] this DA several years ago and we were
arguing about the need for this and you
[50:14] were adamant that this city needed a
youth sports program like this,
[50:21] » right? and some of our other members at
the time, they they didn't feel that uh
[50:26] that it was a big priority, but you
pressed on and u and won everybody over
[50:32] and everybody eventually got on board
and supported the creation of this and
[50:39] this is this is major for the community.
>> So, um wanted to give you a shout out
[50:45] especially for that. So, thank you for
your leadership and thank you for for
[50:49] y'all implementing this this vision and
helping on average it looks like about
[50:55] 2500 to 3,000 kids a year. Yep.
>> Um, and I'm sure you know there's kids
[51:01] you said that repeat each year, but uh
if it if you add up all the years,
[51:05] that's 12,579
uh slots, I guess, that have been filled
[51:11] year-over-year in sports here. So, thank
you for what you do. Anyone else? Mr.
[51:17] Hatchel,
>> thank you for your presentation. Um, I
[51:21] kind of noticed too with your numbers
that we've kind of leveled off. Are we
[51:25] uh running into any problems like with
the weight list or anything with some of
[51:28] these sports or we've been able to
maintain it?
[51:32] » So, not yet. Um, we are pretty much at
capacity with our soccer program, our
[51:36] basketball program, and our baseball
softball program. Um, so the leveling
[51:42] off has been okay because we're right
there at that capacity. We have not had
[51:46] to turn anyone away as of now. Um, but
you know, if we continue to grow, there
[51:52] may be that time, but as of now, we have
not.
[51:55] » And I know you mentioned the sponsorship
is what you guys are promoting. Y
[52:00] » um, do you guys like have a current goal
for that or, you know, if there was a
[52:04] business that would hear it tonight,
like what what are some ways that they
[52:06] could do that? Yeah, our goal right now
is to grow more than we were last year.
[52:11] Um, we want to, like I said, we've
revamped it and we're seeing how those
[52:15] changes are going to benefit the
program. Um, we're willing to continue
[52:20] to change, you know, as the years
progress, but we want to we want to have
[52:25] more like 20 sponsors per season as
opposed to for a full year. We want to
[52:29] we want to get as many people um
sponsored [clears throat] as as possible
[52:33] so that we can, you know, benefit the
kids as much as possible. Okay. Thank
[52:37] you,
>> Mr. Bearing. Go ahead, please.
[52:40] » Okay. Uh, Carter, I would like to know
who's these who these youth athletic
[52:45] coaches are. I mean, no, I don't get to
the games, but I would I would like them
[52:50] recognized somehow, whether it's in the
newsletter, if it's on the website, if
[52:55] they come if they're invited to a
council meeting. That's a lot of
[52:58] sacrifice and a lot of time they spend.
And somehow or another, they deserve
[53:03] more recognition. As the fall's
starting, maybe they're finished up
[53:07] spring and summer. Somehow or another,
I'd just like to know more about them
[53:12] and and them to get better recognition.
>> Yep. That's an excellent suggestion.
[53:15] » Yes. Yeah. We'd love to do something
like that. We do provide them with a
[53:18] plaque with a picture of the kids and
everything that were on their team. But
[53:21] we that's a very good suggestion to
recognize them even further in the
[53:24] community.
>> Even if we had a big dinner form,
[53:26] something that we're saying, "Hey, we
couldn't do this without you."
[53:29] » Right.
>> Thank you.
[53:30] » Good idea.
>> Anyone else?
[53:36] Harold, do you have something?
>> You know, they they let me coach in this
[53:39] in the beginning and I got so many
technical fouls that Gary, you know,
[53:41] Conor told me had to go on. So, real to
me. All right. Okay. So, thank you very
[53:47] much.
>> Thank you.
[53:48] » Great.
All right. Now, we have uh
[53:53] we're going to have where are we now?
We're on the wrong page is where we are.
[53:56] Council Mr. Mr. Melton, I'm sorry.
>> Mayor, I don't have any additional items
[54:01] tonight.
>> All right. City Council,
[54:04] Mr. Demo.
>> Um, just want to give a shout out to the
[54:09] fire department for their work over the
weekend locating the elderly man that
[54:15] went missing. And I understand that our
fire department is who found him. And
[54:20] they were, you know, people all over the
area looking for this gentleman who
[54:24] who's got dementia. Um, and they found
him in a field and u safely returned him
[54:31] home. So, that's a that's a huge thing
for our department to accomplish that.
[54:38] And just want to say hi to my twins, Ava
and Aubrey, who are four months old, but
[54:43] they're watching this meeting in deep um
commitment. So, uh I'm sure they've
[54:49] learned a lot through this through this
hourlong meeting. So, [laughter]
[54:53] » thank you. Mayor,
>> do you have something, Miss Dixon?
[54:56] » No.
>> Okay.
[54:58] » Anyone else? Mr. Dave, I believe it's
time for you.
[55:02] » All right,
mayor. I'll move make a motion to close
[55:06] the session pursuant to North Carolina
General Statute 143-318.11
[55:11] A3 to consult with an attorney in order
to preserve the attorney client
[55:15] privilege and general statute 14318.11a
[55:21] for discussing the negotiating position
regarding the acquisition of real
[55:25] property.
>> Second, a second for Miss Dixon. All in
[55:28] favor? Okay. Our meeting is adjourned.
Thank you for coming.